- #1 The Haunting of Joni Evers
97% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Emotional 10.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #2 Road 96: Mile 0
96% matchMixed68% of 2,092 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Emotional 8%
- #3 A Play Game
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TRHART
Windows
An immersive storytelling experience that gives you the freedom to roam and explore a large and mysterious building at your own pace while an interwoven narrative plays out around you. Rewind time and watch each story from every angle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Stylized 10.1%, Emotional 9.2%, First-Person 7.1%
- #4 Unknown Call: Ohio
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arachnocoder
Windows
You wake up in an empty forest in Ohio. A voice calls you. Says you're friends. Says you need to get out. But the signal keeps breaking, and so does your memory. Your friend will guide you from a distance, but he can't save you. Escape the creatures in the dark and find your friend.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 11.7%, Mystery 8%, Exploration 7%
- #5 Don't Forget
94% matchVery Positive96% of 270 reviews2024
Dev: Evie VerstappenPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t Forget is a 3D singleplayer story and exploration game inspired by dementia. Recollect your memories by looking for clues and playing brain-stimulating minigames whilst battling the effects of dementia. Explore three different key events of your life to figure out what has happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Emotional 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #6 Motel Styx
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cassandra's Curse Studio
Windows · Mac
Play as three guests of the rundown Motel Styx, overseen by the charming yet guarded Charon (and their cat). Explore your surroundings to uncover Charon's past and forever alter the future of the motel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #7 In Waiting
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CynicalMonkeys
Windows
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Casual 8%, Emotional 7.5%
- #8 Aelwater
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yeariver
Windows
Memory has weight. The departed are not gone. Step into a village drowned by flood and memory, and search for the final answer about guardianship and farewell among the shattered past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #9 I Promise
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Sporework Studios
Windows
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 9.1%, Exploration 7.9%
- #10 Dream:scape Remastered
91% match5 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Speedbump Studio
Windows
Explore a surreal dream world built from one man’s memories in this remastered story-rich first-person mystery/adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, First-Person 7.6%, Exploration 7.1%
- #11 The Falling Star
90% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Yeariver
Windows
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Exploration 12.4%, Visual Novel 9%, Casual 8.9%
- #12 After Juice: Animal Disco Mafia
89% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Seed
Windows · Linux
Welcome to our wild neon flashing graphic adventure! Play as Tofu 🐹 a little hamster with a big attitude and experience his misadventures through a frantic college night in a city brimming with parties and mystery. Packed with humor, terrible jokes and tons of dru— I mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Stylized 7.1%
- #13 We Stay Behind
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Emotional 10.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #14 Aletta - Visual Novel
89% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Emotional 9.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
- #15 Read of Mask
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: temmkainc
Windows
A first-person psychological puzzle game set in Eastern Europe, 1999. Explore a surreal black-and-white world, decipher an invented alphabet using a reality-altering mask, and unlock the story letter by letter.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Exploration 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10%, First-Person 9.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #16 记忆收藏家 · The Memory Mender
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XiangPub: 星澜屿网络
Windows
A narrative healing game. You run the Hall of Gathering Light — an old house between reality and forgetting. People come carrying memories they can't let go of. You help them repair broken memories. No fail states — your choices shape the ending. Every memory is worth keeping.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Emotional 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #17 Ashes
85% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Story Rich 15.1%, Emotional 9.9%, Mystery 7.3%
- #18 Ordinary Day
86% matchVery Positive90% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Late Night Studios
Windows · Linux
In this not so ordinary psychological horror your soul is bound from birth to fufil a singular purpose. Suffering a loss that has kicked in motion the bindings of your destiny, enter Ordinary Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11%, First-Person 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #19 This Warm Place
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Emotional 15.6%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #20 PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: teaisfortoby!
Windows
Something's hiding in the cassette. Rearrange the words of your enemies to investigate a small-town conspiracy in this mystery puzzle game.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Emotional 14.1%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #21 The Night Archive - No Service
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Warm Milk Games
Windows
The Night Archive is an episodic first-person horror series where each episode tells a story pulled from the darkest corners of true crime. These are the stories of those who lived to tell about it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #22 Last Signal
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Under Heaven Studios
Windows
Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator visual novel. On a mysterious journey through space, astronaut Adam 'Echo' Winters awakens in an abandoned station with amnesia. He must unravel the secrets of the station, where reality and illusion are intertwined.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%
- #23 <FAIL.safe>
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Talk is cheap. Trust is earned. You are stuck on The Destin, a forsaken starship on the brink of oblivion that is controlled by Novah, a sentient AI who holds the key to your survival. Befriend, manipulate, deceive, and persuade your way to freedom in this sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Emotional 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%
- #24 Adulting
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Marie-Christin AufingerPub: Adults in Training
Windows
Growing older has nothing to do with feeling grown up. Face the challenges of adulthood with Liv, Albert and Finja in this interactive visual novel by exploring their everyday lives through point-and-click interactions as well as mini games and figure out the secrets of how to be an adult!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Emotional 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #25 For Her
80% matchPositive94% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: Matthew
Windows
For Her is a single-player, story-driven psychological horror game that delves into the depths of morality, sacrifice, and the human psyche. You play as David Hill, a dedicated police officer in Dismas City. A loving husband and father, David always puts his family first, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Stylized 9.4%, Supernatural 7.3%
- #26 John's Tombstone
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bigboot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 13%, Story Rich 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8%
- #27 There Is Nothing There
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Lupercal
Windows · Mac
Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Walking Simulator 21%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Emotional 7.5%, First-Person 7.4%
- #28 A Week in Paradise
78% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows · Linux
A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Emotional 9.3%
- #29 Meet Her There
79% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Sinisthesis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Story Rich 10.7%, Emotional 7.8%
- #30 Insanias
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Federico Serafini
Windows
Insanias is a psychological horror game where you will have to explore what happened to find a hidden truth. To do this, you will have to be able to control your sanity to avoid falling into the madness that lurks in every corner. Are you ready to face your fears and discover the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, First-Person 8.2%
- #31 Don't Stop Looking
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CroWn Studios
Windows
Alex and Jade, a young couple who just arrived in Mason Ridge, decide to host a friend temporarily. One day, they receive a package intended for him and, when they open it, find something unexpected that transforms their night in unimaginable ways.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 7.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
- #32 What Killed Rachel
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Miji
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror that chases the truth behind Rachel's death. As you follow scattered memories, you slowly come face to face with the reality of the tragedy. Blaming someone is easy. But answering what truly killed her is not.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Story Rich 12%, Mystery 9.9%
- #33 Giants
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GeorgeSippGames
Windows · Mac
Giants is a first-person narrative game that tells the tragic story of the residents of the 8th floor. The company has sent you here to investigate certain incidents for insurance purposes. Explore the building and the residents' apartments.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Casual 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #34 Tails Noir Preludes
75% matchVery Positive92% of 307 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #35 Phantomware 0
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lumimoth
Windows · Mac · Linux
It starts like any other late shift—quiet office, dull glow of the monitor, work dragging on. You think you’re alone. But then the screen flickers. A message pops up. Not from your team. Not from anyone you know. Suddenly the silence feels heavier. Something’s here. And it doesn’t want you to leave.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Exploration 7.9%
- #36 For Old Time's Sake
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pond interactive
Windows · Linux
For old times sake is a wholesome roleplaying game about a student historian investigating a forgery. scoot and jump to explore the big open world and speak with the locals to solve the mystery!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, First-Person 7.9%
- #37 The Elysian Field
76% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Faizaan Alam
Windows
A gorgeous 3rd person casual adventure game centred around a dying soldier wondering through the elysian field witnessing the final moments of those already gone before leaving his own final mark. Uncover memories and a final conversation before laying to rest.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Emotional 16%, Casual 9.4%, Stylized 9.2%
- #38 Ferryman of Wangchuan: River of Delusion
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lingering Warmth Studio
Windows
First-person boat through the River of Wangchuan, lantern in hand—cut through the fog and chase scattered memory shards. You ferry a General toward the far shore, only to witness the massacre he committed to resurrect the Princess. In the end, who are you—the ferryman, or the General himself?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 10.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #39 Amelia
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Grey Interval
Windows · Linux
In this first-person narrative experience, you step into the shoes of a young girl. Explore a rural farmhouse and witness everyday family life through her eyes. Across 13 consecutive days, you'll realize that your family is not what it seems. Will you notice what everyone else leaves unsaid?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Emotional 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%, Exploration 9.4%
- #40 Settled At Sea
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sinister Artistry
Windows
Settled At Sea is a first-person mystery set on a remote Scottish island. You are a lighthouse keeper grieving your wife's death-but the island doesn't feel as isolated as it should.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Mystery 8.2%
- #41 The Hobo Complex
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Interactive Games
Windows
The Hobo Complex is a first-person psychological horror game delving into drug addiction, homelessness and the reasons that might have caused it. Traverse varied, eerie settings while uncovering the truth behind where your girlfriend went after leaving you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Emotional 11.1%, Stylized 9.1%, First-Person 9%
- #42 SOMETHING AMAZING ROOM
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidal C
Windows
This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Walking Simulator 25.6%, Visual Novel 20%, Exploration 8.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.8%
- #43 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 11.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Emotional 9.8%
- #44 Condo
70% matchVery Positive97% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: FlubbedMachina
Windows · Mac
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Emotional 12.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Exploration 9.4%
- #45 Sheeps
70% matchNo user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Cardboard Animal
Windows
Kill a sheep - Feed it to a tree - Listen to a poem. Sheeps is a poem-based adventure in a small open-world. Find 100 poems contained within the sheeps roaming the world. Reading more poems expands the world, unlocks new abilities, and reveals characters from the poems to converse with.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #46 Bruja
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creepy Club Studios
Windows
Explore, investigate and unravel the secrets buried in time. As psychic Amber Lopez, navigate haunted grounds, decipher ancient runes, and piece together the puzzle of a decades-old murder, each discovery closing in on a truth she’s not ready to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Mystery 9.8%
- #47 Runo
71% matchVery Positive92% of 575 reviews2021
Dev: runogamePub: Srsface Studios
Windows
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, First-Person 11.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.9%
- #48 Recurring Dream
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Grow Now!
Windows
Recurring Dream is a short, atmospheric walking simulator where you revisit a cold, majestic mountain lost in memory and longing. Explore the surreal, dreamlike landscapes as you search for a loved one, unravelling a deeply emotional story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Emotional 12.7%, Casual 10.9%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 9.4%
- #49 Lost in Blindness
71% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: Unseen Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wondered if you could play a video game, without even looking at the screen? What if you played this unique sound-based adventure game, without even seeing anything!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, Emotional 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Exploration 12.9%
- #50 Tisis
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimitris Risis
Windows
Tisis is a first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, environmental storytelling, and sanity management as you navigate the thin boundary between light, darkness, and madness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, First-Person 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%
- #51 What Remains of Edith Finch
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,503 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Story Rich 20.7%, First-Person 9.7%, Mystery 9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #52 Fire Lookout: Abandoned Post
67% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Tale Experiences
Windows
Fire Lookout: Abandoned Post is a first-person psychological horror and narrative-driven mystery solving game. Where you play as a newly stationed lookout in Summit Ridge National Park. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Emotional 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #53 Library Game
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Sophie FischerPub: The Spoon Solutions
Windows
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Emotional 14.3%, Stylized 10.6%, First-Person 10%
- #54 Below the Underworld
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nick van 't End
Windows
Below the Underworld is a story-driven, artistic walking simulator where you play as Jing, a boy shaped by childhood bullying and trauma. Guided by light, you explore surreal dreamscapes, confront symbolic inner shadows, on a journey of fear, memory, and healing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Emotional 10%, Casual 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%
- #55 Вторая степень покоя
67% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Marina Buttenko
Windows
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Stylized 10.7%, Casual 10.4%
- #56 Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,446 reviews2017
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #57 67 Minutes in Heaven
65% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: One Flow ManPub: Treestyle Studios
Windows
Your neighbor invites you on a double date, setting you up with the new girl from out of town. After sneaking into an abandoned house, your neighbor suggests everyone play a game, 67 Minutes in Heaven.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, First-Person 7.9%, Stylized 7.9%, Exploration 7.6%
- #58 Broken Aperture
65% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Dinobyte Softworks LLC
Windows
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, First-Person 12.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Stylized 11.1%, Exploration 8.2%
- #59 The Appraiser
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Chip-off
Windows
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Story Rich 8.9%, First-Person 7.7%
- #60 Rusts Of Corruption
66% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Emotional 9%